Sanford, Massabesic battle to 1-1 tie in field hockey

SANFORD—Rivals Massabesic and Sanford battled to a 1-1 tie in SMAA field hockey action last Wednesday in a game that went through two scoreless overtime periods.

Sanford struck first when Caroline L'Heureux scored on an assist by Emily Salls at the 12:10 mark of the first half. Sanford goalie Taylor Zuk made several key saves to keep the Mustangs off the board through the first half, and the score remainined 1-0 at the break. The Mustangs remained scoreless through much of the second half, but with 5:34 remaining in the game the Mustangs finally scored. "After not capitalizing on numerous scoring opportunities, we finally got on the board when Hannah Patch won a scrum with a nice ball to the back of the goal," said Massabesic coach Michele Martin-Moore.

Both goalies, Zuk and Massabesic's Abby Greenleaf, turned in awesome performances. Coach Martin-Moore also praised the defensive play of Sarah Cost who "once again made a clutch defensive save at the end of the first half."

L'Heureux nearly had two goals in the contest when she scored a goal that was disallowed because the pass into the circle had not gone five yards.

Zuk had 13 saves for Sanford and Greenleaf had 14 for the Mustangs.

SANFORD 7, BIDDEFORD 1

On Monday, Sanford hosted the Biddeford Tigers and came away with a 7-1 victory to improve their record to 8-3-1.

Sanford was led by Lauren Saqwyer and Janelle Cannon who scored two goals each.

Biddeford struck first, making it 1-0 early on a goal by Mallory Mourmourous. But that would be all the offense Biddeford could muster as Sanford dominated play the rest of the game, scoring seven straight goals.

Other Sanford goals were scored by Caroline L'Heureux, Emily Salls and Addie Purvis. In addition, Sawyer and Salls each had two assists and L'Heureux added one.

The Spartans close out the regular season on Friday when they entertain the 10-1 Cheverus Stags in a 6 p.m. game at Goodall Park.

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